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October 19, 2006

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A Lane County income tax ballot measure intended to raise money for a crumbling public safety infrastructure that is increasingly unable to deal with the meth epidemic may fail, not because of its merit or lack thereof, but because a state law stipulates that local taxes cannot apply to income drawn from the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). The measure is unpopular because angry voters claim that public retirees wouldn't pay their fair share.